Best VR Sci-Fi Shooters and Action Games

In keeping with the motto "Fear of death is what keeps us alive", we take a look at the sci-fi genre and in particular action-packed and shooter oriented VR games. Whether you fight for survival on a doomed spaceship, remote alien planet or within the 'friendliest' of corporate facilities on Mars – your instincts, agility and firepower will be your best friends. Speaking of which, why not team up and blast your way through hordes of hostile creatures in co-op or multiplayer mode where available? In any and all cases, buckle up, reload and most importantly, stay alive!

Gunheart is an online co-op RPG shooter where you and your friends become customizable robotic bounty hunters trying to make a buck at the edge of the galaxy. Shedding bodies like bullet casings, players are able to adapt to any situation and move across the battlefield at the speed of thought as they enter a...» Learn more

The Persistence is a brutal sci-fi horror game with roguelike elements set on board a deep space scientific vessel. 1291 light years away, The Persistence, an Eon-class colony ship is caught in the inexorable pull of a black hole after a freak Dark Matter incident. With the entire crew mutated into horrific and...» Learn more

Damaged Core is a first-person shooter experience that explores the near-future story of mankind on the brink of extinction following a robotic uprising led by a swarm intelligence known as the Core.
Players take the role of a unique artificial intelligence that is drafted into the role of savior as it seeks a...» Learn more

Your own ship. A crew. Steady work. Things were going well until the Collapse. Now you and half of humanity are trapped on the far side of the wormhole with ruthless pirates, scheming corporations, and worse – new threats from outside known space.
There's danger at every jump on this side of the wormhole....» Learn more

Sairento VR is a mission-driven, VR action role-playing game set in a reimagined Japan in the near future. You play a cyber ninja. Perform triple jumps, wall runs, power slides, back flips and slow down time while blasting away at a foe before landing to deliver a lethal strike on another. Kit yourself with your...» Learn more

Nearly a century in the future, the world has fallen into a new ice age in the aftermath of a silent apocalypse. Only the equatorial regions are still habitable, yet pockets of humanity survive in small numbers all over the planet, hanging onto existence in the resource-rich territories to the north and south --...» Learn more

Farpoint is a riveting VR space adventure set on a hostile alien planet. On a mission to pick up scientists studying an anomaly near Jupiter, a sudden rupture nearby sends you and their station crashing onto an unknown alien world.
Separated from your colleagues, you must use holographic logs scattered...» Learn more

DOOM VFR brings the fast-paced, brutal gameplay fans of the series love to virtual reality. Immerse yourself in the UAC facility on Mars and the depths of Hell, as your skills are put to the test through intense combat and challenging puzzle-solving.
Play as a cybernetic survivor who is activated by the UAC to...» Learn more

A-Tech Cybernetic is a first-person sci-fi shooter built from the ground up for virtual reality. The game features two separate game modes: a classic swarm mode to put your shooting and survival skills to the test and a story mode that takes you to a futuristic biomedical company overrun by mutants. Control...» Learn more

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